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Author: jomoxhwang
Date: 2011-03-12 07:19
Has anyone come across this book? I came across it while I looked for readings on technicalities of playing the clarinet.
Anddd... does anyone have ClarinetFest notes that they have saved up on computer? I happened to read one dated a decade ago on articulation, and found it of much use.
Any suggestions for clarinet reading if not the one written by Ken Stein? (The Clarinet and Clarinet Playing by David Pino?) I'm looking for articles, essays, papers, and books (not methodology/pedagogy/etudes)! Thank you!
Johnny
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Author: Ursa
Date: 2011-03-12 10:32
I have a copy of the Stein book and it's a worthwhile read but there are likely better books available now. The text is from 1958 and some of the passages use rather dated analogies to make their points. Some subjects are covered much more thoroughly than others.
Still, I keep the book handy as a guide to fixing reeds. The section on reed maintenance is probably the best part of the book.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2011-03-12 13:16
I think that's Keith Stein.
Another book (series of three) using a more personal approach was that of Leon Russianoff. I don' think they are published anymore but you may be able to find them through various sources.
..................Paul Aviles
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2011-03-12 13:17
contact me off line, and I'll send you a report on ClarinetFest 2007, Vancouver, British Columbia
Bob Phillips
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Author: Tony M
Date: 2011-03-12 23:06
I like the David Pino book. I didn't at first but there are sections that I have read repeatedly and it has helped things for me. His systematic movement through a range of topics is very clear and that is good but when you want to read across sections (that is, connect things that he doesn't connect) it isn't so helpful. He is indebted to Stein and makes that point clearly.
I also like Jake Brymer's 'Clarinet' (London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1979). I particularly like the way that he explains the historical development of the instrument and relates that to learning the instrument register by register. He was a great player and it is apparent from the book that he can articulate an enormous knowledge of the instrument as well.
It would be nice if the instrument had a greater library than methodologies, pedagogies and etudes. I know you can't wish books into existence but it would be nice if someone wrote a book like Charles Rosen's 'Piano Notes' for the clarinet.
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Author: salzo
Date: 2011-03-13 10:03
If I could only have one book dealing with the clarinet, it would be Ken Steins.
Post Edited (2011-03-13 10:04)
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2011-03-13 16:38
It must be a lousy book, because I "trained" with it as a young clarinetist, and here I am 35 years later, a clarinet nobody.
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Author: Dan Paprocki
Date: 2011-03-13 16:46
I have my original copy (minus cover and plus coffee stains). I just got the Kindle version to replace it. It still is one of the best books on clarinet performing. Dave Pino, Jack Brymer, and the Russianoff are also of equal greatness. Also, you might want to find Rosario Mazzeo's "The Clarinet, Excellence and Artistry." It's too bad that some of these are out of print.
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2011-03-13 16:55
I have several articles on my website that have appeared in the "Clarinet" journal over many years. You might find some of them useful. Some have been condensed while others are just as they appeared in the journal. ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: sdr
Date: 2011-03-13 19:17
Michele Gingras' book, "Clarinet Secrets" is full of pearls.
-sdr
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2011-03-13 22:40
Michele Gingras also has a bunch of very good videos on YouTube.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Avie
Date: 2011-03-14 20:13
I have owned "The Art of Clarinet Playing" by Keith Stein for many years. I think Its an outstanding tutor and reference book for all stages of Clarinet playing.
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Author: Tony M
Date: 2011-03-15 03:42
Just to add another to the growing list: 'The Cambridge Companion to the Clarinet' edited by Colin Lawson.
The book is a collection of essays by various people and covers a broad range of topics. I like the section on Jazz, but that is my interest. I think it is a fairly astute coverage. But I really like the section on the mechanics of playing by Anthony Pay. Even though I like the David Pino book, I do have reservations about his sequencing of relaxation, breath, etc, down through the player-instrument 'system'. Pay offers an interesting alternative to that (although he doesn't construct it in opposition to Pino - that's my reading) and I think it is quite stimulating.
Someone mentioned the Russianoff as being out of print. I haven't read it but came across a copy on someone's website (sorry, I didn't keep the link). It had been very poorly scanned and saved as a pdf and I found it too hard to read. But it does indicate that it is floating around the web somewhere.
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